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Isaiah 3:14 may support the 'creditors' reading — wealthy leaders lending money to the poor and keeping them in bondage.

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Contextual support for 'creditors' reading

Isaiah 3:14 says 'The Lord will enter into judgment with the elders and princes of his people. It is you who have devoured the vineyard; the spoil of the poor is in your houses.' This sounds like wealthy leaders exploiting the poor through money lending, which supports reading 'creditors' rather than 'women' in verse 12. The theme of borrowers becoming slaves to lenders (echoing Exodus) fits the context.

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