They help every one his neighbor; and every one saith to his brother, Be of good courage.
Terror strikes the heathen world at the rising power of Cyrus, and in their panic they turn to their gods, but those gods are not yet even made. The craftsmen scramble to fashion idols, spurring each other on, hammering and plating in desperate confusion, trying to nail their gods firm so they will not shake. Everything betrays their fear.
AI summary
Commenting on Isaiah 41:5-7
They helped every one his neighbour; and [every one] said to his brother, Be of good courage. (h) He notes the obstinacy of the idolaters to maintain their superstitions.
6. Every one brought assistance to his neighbor. What now follows agrees well with what goes before, if you connect this verse with the last clause of the former verse, “They drew near, they were assembled, every one assisted his neighbor;” so that the meaning is, “Although the islands saw and knew my works, so that they trembled at them, yet they assembled in crowds...