Isaiah 41:25
I have raised up one from the north, and he shall come: from the rising of the sun shall he call upon my name: and he shall come upon princes as upon morter, and as the potter treadeth clay.
Cross-reference
Isaiah 41:2 also describes God stirring up a conqueror from the east, mirroring the 'one from the north' in 41:25.
Isaiah 10:6 uses the same trampling imagery—God sends Assyria to trample people like mud, parallel to treading rulers as mortar.
Isaiah 44:28 explicitly names Cyrus as God's shepherd who will rebuild Jerusalem — identifying the one from the north.
Isaiah 45:1-6 names Cyrus as God's anointed, describing his conquest and God's sovereignty from east to west.
Isaiah 45:13 declares God stirred up Cyrus in righteousness to rebuild Jerusalem and free exiles.
Isaiah 46:11 calls a bird of prey from the east, the man of God's counsel — directly echoing the conqueror from the north.
Isaiah 13:17 has God stirring up the Medes against Babylon, matching the 'stirred up one from the north' in 41:25.
Isaiah 21:2 summons Elam and Media against Babylon — same motif of a conqueror from the east raised by God.
Ezra 1:2 records Cyrus's decree acknowledging the Lord gave him kingdoms — historical fulfillment of the one stirred up.
Ezra 1:3 continues Cyrus's decree calling exiles to rebuild the temple — fulfilling God's purpose for the raised conqueror.
Jeremiah 1:14 declares disaster from the north, reinforcing the theme of a northern invader as divine judgment.
Jeremiah 50:9 says God stirs up nations from the north against Babylon, directly paralleling the stirring up in Isaiah 41:25.
In Jeremiah 51:11, the LORD stirs up the Medes against Babylon, paralleling the raising of Cyrus from the north in Isaiah 41:25.
Jeremiah 51:27-29 summons nations from the north against Babylon — same theme of God raising conquerors for judgment.