"“Since the days of our fathers,” the suppliant continued, “have we been in a great trespass unto this day; and for our iniquities have we, our kings, and our priests, been delivered into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword, to captivity, and to a spoil, and to confusion of face, as it is this day. And now for a little space grace hath been showed from the Lord our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in His holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and give us a little reviving in our bondage. For we were bondmen; yet our God hath not forsaken us in our bondage, but hath extended mercy unto us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to give us a reviving, to set up the house of our God, and to repair the desolations thereof, and to give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem. PK 621.1"
"And after all that is come upon us for our evil deeds, and for our great trespass, seeing that thou our God hast punished us less than our iniquities deserve, and hast given us such deliverance as this;"
The EGW passage directly quotes and paraphrases Ezra 9:13, making it an explicit allusion rather than a mere thematic parallel. The phrase 'punished us less than our iniquities deserve, and hast given us such deliverance as this' is nearly identical.
"We have sinned with our fathers, we have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly."
Both passages acknowledge the sins of past generations and their consequences. The EGW passage quotes Ezra's prayer, which echoes the sentiment expressed in Psalm 106:6. The thematic parallel is clear and meaningful.
"Behold, we are servants this day, and for the land that thou gavest unto our fathers to eat the fruit thereof and the good thereof, behold, we are servants in it: And it yieldeth much increase unto the kings whom thou hast set over us because of our sins: also they have dominion over our bodies, and over our cattle, at their pleasure, and we are in great distress."
Both passages discuss the people being servants/bondmen due to their sins and the dominion of kings over them as a consequence. While not a direct quote, the themes are closely aligned.