"devastating war with the great powers of Europe. “The country was nearly bankrupt, the armies were clamoring for arrears of pay, the Parisians were starving, the provinces were laid waste by brigands, and civilization was almost extinguished in anarchy and license.” GC 283.1"
"Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which the Lord shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things: and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have destroyed thee."
Both passages describe a nation suffering hardship and subjugation. Deuteronomy 28:48 speaks of serving enemies in hunger and want, while the EGW passage describes France's bankruptcy, starvation, and devastation. The thematic parallel lies in the consequences of disobedience leading to national suffering.
"All too well the people had learned the lessons of cruelty and torture which Rome had so diligently taught. A day of retribution at last had come. It was not now the disciples of Jesus that were thrust into dungeons and dragged to the stake. Long ago these had perished or been driven into exile. Unsparing Rome now felt the deadly power of those whom she had trained to delight in deeds of blood. “The example of persecution which the clergy of France had exhibited for so many ages, was now retorted upon them with signal vigor. The scaffolds ran red with the blood of the priests. The galleys and the prisons, once crowded with Huguenots, were now filled with their persecutors. Chained to the bench and toiling at the oar, the Roman Catholic clergy experienced all those woes which their church had so freely inflicted on the gentle heretics.” (See Appendix .) GC 283.2"
"Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap."
The EGW passage describes the French Revolution as a reaping of what Rome had sown through persecution. This directly reflects the principle of Galatians 6:7.