"Those who think of the result of hastening or hindering the gospel think of it in relation to themselves and to the world. Few think of its relation to God. Few give thought to the suffering that sin has caused our Creator. All heaven suffered in Christ's agony; but that suffering did not begin or end with His manifestation in humanity. The cross is a revelation to our dull senses of the pain that, from its very inception, sin has brought to the heart of God. Every departure from the right, every deed of cruelty, every failure of humanity to reach His ideal, brings grief to Him. When there came upon Israel the calamities that were the sure result of separation from God,—subjugation by their enemies, cruelty, and death,—it is said that “His soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.” “In all their affliction He was afflicted: ... and He bare them, and carried them all the days of old.” Judges 10:16 ; Isaiah 63:9 . Ed 263.1"
"And they put away the strange gods from among them, and served the Lord: and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel."
Ellen White directly references Judges 10:16 in this passage.
"In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old."
Ellen White directly references Isaiah 63:9 in this passage.
"But they rebelled, and vexed his holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy, and he fought against them."
The EGW passage explicitly quotes Isaiah 63:9 and alludes to Judges 10:16, and Isaiah 63:10 is directly related to the concept of vexing God's Holy Spirit through rebellion, which is the context of the surrounding verses. The passage expands on the theme of God's suffering due to sin, which is directly related to the verse.
"His Spirit “maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.” As the “whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together” ( Romans 8:26, 22 ), the heart of the infinite Father is pained in sympathy. Our world is a vast lazar house, a scene of misery that we dare not allow even our thoughts to dwell upon. Did we realize it as it is, the burden would be too terrible. Yet God feels it all. In order to destroy sin and its results He gave His best Beloved, and He has put it in our power, through co-operation with Him, to bring this scene of misery to an end. “This gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.” Matthew 24:14 . Ed 263.2"
"And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come."
Ellen White directly references Matthew 24:14 in this passage.
"For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now."
EGW directly quotes Romans 8:22.
"Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered."
EGW directly quotes Romans 8:26.
"But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd."
Both passages deal with compassion for suffering humanity. EGW's description of the world as a 'lazar house' and God's pain in sympathy echoes the compassion Jesus felt for the multitudes in Matthew 9:36.