Evidence of quake from Book of Amos

[JW-Ind]

The multi-year coronavirus pandemic is now firmly branded as a benchmark in modern memory. Likewise, in the first verse of the Book of Amos, the 8th century BCE biblical prophet referred to “two years before the earthquake” as an anchor to the events he was about to relate. Two centuries later, the prophet Zechariah again referred to this destructive earthquake period, so deeply was it ingrained in the collective psyche.

 

Now, for the first time, a team of Israel Antiquities Authority archaeologists in Jerusalem’s City of David report that they have found unprecedented concrete evidence of this 8th century BCE earthquake in the ancient capital.

 

 

https://www.timesofisrael.com/archaeologists-unearth-1st-jerusalem-evidence-of-quake-from-bibles-book-of-amos/

[carlos]

Thanks, that's an interesting article.

 

This earthquake is also mentioned in Zechariah 14:5 “You will have to flee, just as you fled because of the earthquake in the days of King Uz·ziʹah of Judah.” That's quite impressive because Zechariah was written almost 300 years later. And that earthquake was still vivid in the minds of people!

 

I read an article (from a non-JW source) that makes a good point: All the prophets after this event compared Jehovah's day to a terrible earthquake (e.g. Isaiah 2:19; Joel 3:16; Zechariah 14:5). A good example of how Jehovah resorts to things we are familiar with to transmit his messages more efficiently.

 

[Dustparticle]

Good points here. It is possible that this earthquake might be the talk of the town up to around 300 years when Zechariah spoke about this earthquake too.