"testimony and laid down his life. All that heaven itself could give was bestowed. “What could have been done more to My vineyard,” Christ said, “that I have not done in it?” Isaiah 5:4 . So His care and labor for you are not lessened, but increased. Still He says, “I the Lord do keep it; I will water it every moment; lest any hurt it, I will keep it night and day.” Isaiah 27:3 . COL 218.1"
"What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it? wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes?"
Ellen White directly references Isaiah 5:4 in this passage.
"I the Lord do keep it; I will water it every moment: lest any hurt it, I will keep it night and day."
Ellen White directly references Isaiah 27:3 in this passage.
"And if it bear fruit, well: and if not, then after that thou shalt cut it down."
This is a direct quote from Luke 13:9, making it an explicit allusion.
"The heart that does not respond to divine agencies becomes hardened until it is no longer susceptible to the influence of the Holy Spirit. Then it is that the word is spoken, “Cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground?” COL 218.3"
"Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground?"
The EGW passage directly quotes Luke 13:7, making it an explicit allusion.
"Today He invites you: “O Israel, return unto the Lord thy God.... I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely.... I will be as the dew unto Israel; he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.... They that dwell under his shadow shall return; they shall revive as the corn, and grow as the vine.... From Me is thy fruit found.” Hosea 14:1-8 . COL 218.4"
"O Israel, return unto the Lord thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity."
The EGW passage directly quotes Hosea 14:1.
"I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him."
The EGW passage directly quotes Hosea 14:4.
"I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon."
The EGW passage directly quotes Hosea 14:5.
"O Israel, return unto the Lord thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity. Take with you words, and turn to the Lord: say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously: so will we render the calves of our lips. Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, Ye are our gods: for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy. I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him. I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon. His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon. They that dwell under his shadow shall return; they shall revive as the corn, and grow as the vine: the scent thereof shall be as the wine of Lebanon. Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols? I have heard him, and observed him: I am like a green fir tree. From me is thy fruit found."
Ellen White directly references Hosea 14:1-8 in this passage.