At a Pentagon worship service, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth led the assembled room in prayer using what he called Ezekiel 25:17. It was not Ezekiel 25:17. It was the Samuel L. Jackson monologue from Pulp Fiction — the one Jules delivers right before he shoots someone to death. Modified to swap in “downed aviator” for “righteous man” and “Sandy 1” for “the Lord.”
Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said anyone calling it a misquote was “peddling fake news.” The actual Ezekiel 25:17 is one sentence. Quentin Tarantino has not commented. Samuel L. Jackson has not commented. The Philistines are unavailable. It is a chain of error so long it loops back around to being impressive.