EGW Writings2 Kings 17

The Review and Herald

February 12, 1914

RH February 12, 1914, par. 13

“Therefore the Lord was very angry with Israel, and ... afflicted them, and delivered them unto the hands of spoilers, until he had cast them out of his sight, ... as he had said by all his servants the prophets. So was Israel carried away out of their own land to Assyria.” 2 Kings 17:7-23.

Prophets and Kings

Chapter 23—The Assyrian Captivity

PK 292.1

“So was Israel carried away out of their own land to Assyria,” “because they obeyed not the voice of the Lord their God, but transgressed His covenant, and all that Moses the servant of the Lord commanded.” 2 Kings 17:7, 11, 14-16, 20, 23; 18:12.

Christian Experience and Teachings of Ellen G. White

“To the Law and to the Testimony”

CET 247.2

It has ever been the effort of the enemy of righteousness to lead men to disregard the claims of the law of Jehovah. And through his prophets, God has ever sought to bring men to a realization of the binding claims of his eternal and unchangeable law. Of his ancient people, it is written: “The Lord testified against Israel, and against Judah, by all the prophets, and by all the seers, saying, turn ye fromyour evil ways, and keep My commandments and My statutes, according to all the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you by My servants the prophets.” 2 Kings 17:13.

From Splendor to Shadow

Swiftly the End Came

SS 156.1

“So was Israel carried away out of their own land to Assyria,” “because they obeyed not the voice of the Lord their God, but transgressed His covenant.” 2 Kings 17:20, 23; 18:12.

Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 17 (1902)

Ms 121, 1902

17LtMs, Ms 121, 1902, par. 8

But the Lord cannot bless those who are living a lie. Many who claim to be Christians have assumed a false character. In their words, their faultfinding, their spirit of criticism, their selfishness, their hard-heartedness, they reveal that they are unconverted. They act like sinners, yet claim to be children of God. Under certain provocations, all the perversity of the unrestrained heart breaks forth. Christ is ashamed of them. They are not Christians. To every such an one the instruction is given, “Take heed unto thyself” [1 Timothy 4:16]; for unless you are converted, unless you are refined in heart and life, you will continue to do the very things that have so long dishonored God. Unless you repent, you will harden your hearts still more, choosing to walk contrary to truth and righteousness. God cannot walk with you. Of such ones God says, “Unto this day they do after the former manners: they fear not the Lord, neither do they after their statutes, or after their ordinances, or after the law and commandment which the Lord commanded.” [2 Kings 17:34.]

Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 14 (1899)

Ms 129, 1899

14LtMs, Ms 129, 1899, par. 8

“And the statutes of the ordinances and the laws, and the commandment, which he wrote for you, ye shall observe to do for evermore; and ye shall not fear other gods. And the covenant that I have made with you, ye shall not forget: neither shall ye fear [other] gods. But the Lord your God, ye shall fear: and he shall deliver you out of the hand of your enemies. Howbeit they did not hearken, but they did after their former manner. So these nations feared the Lord, and served their graven images, both their children and their children’s children: as did their fathers, so do they unto this day.” [2 Kings 17:36-41.]