"“The rebuke of His people shall He take away,” the prophet declared. “They shall call them, The holy people, The redeemed of the Lord.” He hath appointed “to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that He might be glorified.” PK 724.1"
"To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified."
EGW directly quotes Isaiah 61:3.
"“Awake, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion; Put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the Holy City: For henceforth there shall no more come unto thee the uncircumcised and the unclean. PK 724.2"
"Awake, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean."
EGW directly quotes Isaiah 52:1.
"“Shake thyself from the dust; Arise, and sit down, O Jerusalem: Loose thyself from the bands of thy neck, O captive daughter of Zion.” PK 724.3"
"Shake thyself from the dust; arise, and sit down, O Jerusalem: loose thyself from the bands of thy neck, O captive daughter of Zion."
EGW directly quotes Isaiah 52:2.
"“O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, Behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colors, And lay thy foundations with sapphires. PK 724.4"
"O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires."
EGW directly quotes Isaiah 54:11.
"“And I will make thy windows of agates. And thy gates of carbuncles, And all thy borders of pleasant stones. PK 724.5"
"And I will make thy windows of agates, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy borders of pleasant stones."
EGW directly quotes Isaiah 54:12.
"“And all thy children shall be taught of the Lord; And great shall be the peace of thy children. In righteousness shalt thou be established: PK 724.6"
"And all thy children shall be taught of the Lord; and great shall be the peace of thy children."
EGW directly quotes Isaiah 54:13.
"“Thou shalt be far from oppression; for thou shalt not fear: And from terror; for it shall not come near thee. Behold, they shall surely gather together, but not by Me: Whosoever shall gather together against thee shall fall for thy sake.... PK 724.7"
"In righteousness shalt thou be established: thou shalt be far from oppression; for thou shalt not fear: and from terror; for it shall not come near thee."
The EGW passage directly quotes Isaiah 54:14, making it an explicit allusion.