10. Others lived in the deepest darkness. They suffered as prisoners in iron chains.
11. That's because they hadn't obeyed the words of God. They had refused to follow the advice of the Most High God.
12. So he made them do work that was hard and bitter. They tripped and fell, and there was no one to help them.
13. Then they cried out to the Lord because of their problems. And he saved them from their troubles.
14. He brought them out of the deepest darkness. He broke their chains off.