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Slaves rule over us

Possible meanings are 1) "Now the people who rule over us are themselves slaves to their own masters in Babylon" or 2) "People who used to be slaves in Babylon now rule over us." (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit)

to deliver us from their hand

Here the word "hand" refers to control. Alternate translation: "to rescue us from their control" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy)