"... Together the two passages give us the threefold “now” and the combination “lifted up” and “glorified” of Isaiah 33:10. Isaiah 33:13 is also relevant here: “You who are far away [other nations surrounding Judah], hear what I have done; you who are near [Judeans], acknowledge my power.” Likewise, the deliverance Jesus is about to accomplish will be for those both near and far: “I ... will draw all men to myself” (note the mention of “Greeks” in the context as prodding the promise of Jesus; verse 20; also note John 7:35, where they ask if Jesus intends to go and teach the Greeks among the dispersion). With Isaiah 33:10, 13 (and its historical context) as background, we can see John 12:31-31; 13:13 as the prelude to divine warfare, just as in the time of Isaiah, so that the glorification of Jesus is to be understood as divine glorification in victorious warfare, of which the defeat of Sennacherib is just a figure for the defeat of “the ruler of this world.” The picture of Jerusalem as on the verge of annihilation in the time of Hezekiah, saved “in the nick of time,” when all human hope for deliverance was lost, as a picture of salvation through Jesus might well have inspired Paul’s words to the Romans, “While we were still helpless, at the right time, Christ died for the ungodly” (Romans 5:6) ..."