US Secretary of Defense Recites Adapted Bible Verse, Turns Out to Be Erroneous Quote from Movie's Fictional Dialogue
US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth led a reading of an adapted Bible verse at a Pentagon service, but faced embarrassment when it was discovered he had mistakenly quoted a fictional line from the Hollywood movie 'Pulp Fiction'.
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(Central News Agency, Washington, 17th) US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth led the recitation of an adapted Bible verse during a service at the Pentagon on the 15th. However, it was quite embarrassing when people discovered that he had mistakenly quoted a fictional line from the Hollywood movie 'Pulp Fiction'.
According to the US entertainment news media 'Variety', Pete Hegseth stated at the time that he wanted to read an adaptation of Ezekiel 25:17. He claimed that the 'Sandy 1' Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR) mission, which rescued a trapped pilot in Iran earlier this month, embodied this verse. 'They call it CSAR 25:17, and I think it echoes Ezekiel 25:17,' he said.
Hegseth then recited: 'The path of the downed pilot is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he who, in the name of camaraderie and duty, shepherds the lost through the valley of darkness, for he is truly his brother's keeper and the finder of lost children. And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to capture and destroy my brothers. And you will know my call sign is Sandy 1 when I lay my vengeance upon thee. Amen.'
However, the religious and political blog 'A Public Witness' was the first to notice that Hegseth's adapted quote was not from the Bible. Instead, it was a righteous-sounding speech delivered by the hitman Jules Winnfield, played by Samuel L. Jackson, right before shooting a man dead in the 1994 film 'Pulp Fiction', directed by Quentin Tarantino.
The actual dialogue in the film is: 'The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he who, in the name of charity and good will, shepherds the weak through the valley of darkness, for he is truly his brother's keeper and the finder of lost children. And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy my brothers. And you will know my name is the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon thee.'
This dialogue was actually lifted by Quentin Tarantino from the 1973 Japanese martial arts film 'Bodyguard Kiba', which featured this fictionalized Bible verse, including the false attribution to Ezekiel, only replacing the 'Lord' in the text with 'Bodyguard Chiba'.
Ezekiel 25:17 in the King James Bible is a declaration of God's vengeance against the Philistines. The actual text is: 'And I will execute great vengeance upon them with furious rebukes; and they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall lay my vengeance upon them.' (Compiled by: Chang Cheng-chien) 1150417
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According to the US entertainment news media 'Variety', Pete Hegseth stated at the time that he wanted to read an adaptation of Ezekiel 25:17. He claimed that the 'Sandy 1' Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR) mission, which rescued a trapped pilot in Iran earlier this month, embodied this verse. 'They call it CSAR 25:17, and I think it echoes Ezekiel 25:17,' he said.
Hegseth then recited: 'The path of the downed pilot is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he who, in the name of camaraderie and duty, shepherds the lost through the valley of darkness, for he is truly his brother's keeper and the finder of lost children. And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to capture and destroy my brothers. And you will know my call sign is Sandy 1 when I lay my vengeance upon thee. Amen.'
However, the religious and political blog 'A Public Witness' was the first to notice that Hegseth's adapted quote was not from the Bible. Instead, it was a righteous-sounding speech delivered by the hitman Jules Winnfield, played by Samuel L. Jackson, right before shooting a man dead in the 1994 film 'Pulp Fiction', directed by Quentin Tarantino.
The actual dialogue in the film is: 'The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he who, in the name of charity and good will, shepherds the weak through the valley of darkness, for he is truly his brother's keeper and the finder of lost children. And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy my brothers. And you will know my name is the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon thee.'
This dialogue was actually lifted by Quentin Tarantino from the 1973 Japanese martial arts film 'Bodyguard Kiba', which featured this fictionalized Bible verse, including the false attribution to Ezekiel, only replacing the 'Lord' in the text with 'Bodyguard Chiba'.
Ezekiel 25:17 in the King James Bible is a declaration of God's vengeance against the Philistines. The actual text is: 'And I will execute great vengeance upon them with furious rebukes; and they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall lay my vengeance upon them.' (Compiled by: Chang Cheng-chien) 1150417
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