4SOP 236: "God sent his professed people a message that would have corrected the evils which separated them from his favor....But Babylon scornfully rejected the last means which Heaven had in reserve for her restoration, and then, with greater eagerness, she turned to seek the friendship of the world."
Mungu aliwatumia wale waliokuwa wanajiita watu wake ujumbe ambao ungekuwa umesahihisha maovu ambayo yaliwatenga kutoka katika upendeleo wake....Lakini Babeli kwa dhihaka ilikataa njia ya mwisho ambayo Mbingu ilikuwa imeiweka akiba ili kuwarejesha, na hatimaye, pamoja na bidii kubwa, waligeuka kutafuta urafiki wa ulimwengu. Spirit of Prophecy, gombo la 4, ukr. 236.