I think reading a few verses in isolation is the wrong approach
And yet the stationary earth position is to present us with a singular 'will not be moved' verse which Strong's translates as 'will not be tottered'.
Did ancient Hebrews believe that the earth is flat? Yes. Did they believe that the earth is moving upwards? No, I don't think this is a tenable position.
Then why do they say that the earth is rising?
Young's Literal Translation told us
NAH 1:5
"Mountains have shaken because of Him, And the hills have been melted; And lifted up is the earth at His presence, And the world and all dwelling in it."
It certainly sounds like the earth is being lifted up as long as God is present (always). Strong's verifies the word as lift:
https://biblehub.com/lexicon/nahum/1-5.htmRegarding Hebrews 1:3. Biblical scholar tend to interpret upholding (Φερων) as sustaining or preserving.
https://biblehub.com/commentaries/hebrews/1-3.htm
The word "upholds" is Strong's G5342 - pherō or pherōn, which means to bring and carry.
From:
https://biblehub.com/lexicon/hebrews/1-3.htmhttps://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?Strongs=G5342&t=NASBOutline of Biblical Usage:
I. to carry
Strong’s Definitions:
φέρω phérō, fer'-o; a primary verb (for which other, and apparently not cognate ones are used in certain tenses only; namely, οἴω oíō oy'-o; and ἐνέγκω enénkō en-eng'-ko; to "bear" or carry (in a very wide application, literally and figuratively, as follows):—be, bear, bring (forth), carry, come, + let her drive, be driven, endure, go on, lay, lead, move, reach, rushing, uphold.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
1. to carry
Examples of Strong's G5342 from the Bible shows that the word is used in the context of bringing and carrying:
Mar 11:2 NASB" and *said to them, “Go into the village opposite you, and immediately as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, on which no one yet has ever sat; untie it and
bring [G5342] it here. "
Luk 5:18c NASB" And some men were
carrying [G5342] on a bed a man who was paralyzed; and they were trying to bring him in and to set him down in front of Him. "
Luk 24:1 NASB" But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they came to the tomb
bringing [G5342] the spices which they had prepared. "
Jhn 21:10 NASB" Jesus *said to them, “
Bring [G5342] some of the fish which you have now caught.” "
It seems that this verse could be interpreted as the earth being taken somewhere.
On Isaiah 24:20. If I fall not rise again, does it mean that I'm normally rising? I don't think so. The dead fall not to rise again.
So in the Earth's destruction the Earth literally shakes, it is literally split asunder, but it figuratively falls, 'never to rise again'?
Seems like you have stopped taking the Bible literally at some point to satisfy your own cosmology.
For the book of Enoch I think you are focusing a lot on the use of "bear up" in some English translations. If you read the whole chapter:
- The winds contribute to preserve the foundation of the earth.
- The winds bear up the earth and the firmament
- The winds occupy the sky between heaven and earth.
- The winds turn the sky, cause sun and stars to set, support the clouds.
I would suggest looking it up in a concordance index to see how the term is used elsewhere in the Bible.
Other versions of Enoch 18:3 go like this:
En. 18:3 And I saw how the winds stretch out the height of heaven. They stand between earth and heaven; they are the pillars of heaven.
It looks like Enoch is addressing Job 26:11 The pillars of heaven tremble, and are astounded at his rebuke. He's trying to explain what those pillars are.
Usually the Stationary Earth theorists tell us that the pillars are solid structures that the earth rests upon. If the pillars are winds then it makes less sense that the earth is stationary.