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VERMILION

A bright red mineral pigment used in painting, routinely applied by the Assyrians and the Babylonians to their bas-reliefs (Heb. šāšēr; Gk. míltos). Jeremiah condemns King Jehoiakim of Judah for his attention to the furnishing of his own palace, painted in vermilion (Jer. 22:14), rather than to the cause of the poor and needy (vv. 16-17). Ezekiel, in his allegorical condemnation of the idolatry of Samaria and Jerusalem, refers to the latter’s lusting after Chaldean soldiers “portrayed in vermilion” (Ezek. 23:14). According to Wis. 13:14 wooden idols were painted with vermilion (NRSV “red paint”).






Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)

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