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Empty ancient wine jar and cups in foreground, anonymous shield-bearing civic leaders turning toward a distant unlettered shrine, no sexual acts or exposure.
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Hosea 4:18

When the Drink Is Gone

A Charge Against the Land · Hosea 4

Story guide: Prophetic illustration grounded in the verse; national designations and metaphors are not newly narrated events.

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18When their drink is gone, they give themselves to prostitution; her shields dearly love shame.

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