And he saved them from the hand of him that hated them, And redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.
And He saved them from the hand of him that hated them, and redeemed them from the hand of the [Egyptian] enemy. [Exod. 14:30.]
God saved them from hostile powers; he redeemed them from the power of the enemy.
those sitting in darkness and in the shadow of death, shackled by extreme poverty and by iron.
Such as sat in darkness and in the shadow of death: bound in want and in iron.