Isaiah 41:2-3

Fear Not, For I Am with You

² _p Who stirred up one from the east
whom victory meets at every _q step? _1
r He gives up nations before him,
so that he tramples kings underfoot;
he makes them like dust with his sword,
_s like driven stubble with his bow.
³ He pursues them and passes on safely,
by paths his feet have not trod.

1. Cross References
   Isaiah 46:11
   Calling a bird of prey from the east, the man of my counsel from a far country. I have spoken, and I will bring it to pass; I have purposed, and I will do it.
   Isaiah 45:1
   Thus says the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have grasped, to subdue nations before him and to loose the belts of kings, to open doors before him that gates may not be closed:
   
2. Cross References
   Judges 4:10
   And Barak called out Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh. And 10,000 men went up at his heels, and Deborah went up with him.
   
3. Cross References
   2 Chronicles 36:23
   "Thus says Cyrus king of Persia, 'The Lord, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, and he has charged me to build him a house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Whoever is among you of all his people, may the Lord his God be with him. Let him go up.'"
   
4. Cross References
   Isaiah 40:24
   Scarcely are they planted, scarcely sown, scarcely has their stem taken root in the earth, when he blows on them, and they wither, and the tempest carries them off like stubble.