{"id":234899,"date":"2026-04-16T18:01:31","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T18:01:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/16\/pete-hegseth-quotes-fake-bible-verse-from-pulp-fiction-at-pentagon-prayer-service\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T18:01:31","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T18:01:31","slug":"pete-hegseth-quotes-fake-bible-verse-from-pulp-fiction-at-pentagon-prayer-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/16\/pete-hegseth-quotes-fake-bible-verse-from-pulp-fiction-at-pentagon-prayer-service\/","title":{"rendered":"Pete Hegseth Quotes Fake Bible Verse From &#8216;Pulp Fiction&#8217; at Pentagon Prayer Service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re a fan of the 1994 film classic <em>Pulp Fiction<\/em>, then you\u2019ll likely remember the scene in which Samuel L. Jackson recites Ezekiel 25:17 before emptying his clip into the dudes who wound up with his boss\u2019 briefcase.<\/p>\n<p>And apparently, the ultimate high-powered hitman Pete Hegseth found the chapter and verse so inspirational that he recited them at a recent Pentagon prayer event.<\/p>\n<p>The only problem is, the words from Quentin Tarantino\u2019s beloved film don\u2019t appear anywhere in the Bible.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><\/noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2271603618-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth speaks during a press briefing at the Pentagon on April 16, 2026 in Arlington, Virginia. Hegseth addressed the war between the United States and Israel against Iran as negotiations continue toward a longer-term agreement between the countries.\" class=\"wp-image-553005 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2271603618-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2271603618-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2271603618-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2271603618-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2271603618-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2271603618-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2271603618-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2271603618-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth speaks during a press briefing at the Pentagon on April 16, 2026 in Arlington, Virginia. Hegseth addressed the war between the United States and Israel against Iran as negotiations continue toward a longer-term agreement between the countries.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Alex Wong\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThis prayer was recited by Sandy 1, which is one of the Sandies, to all Sandies, all those A-10 crews, prior to all CSAR missions, but especially this CSAR mission, which happened in real time,\u201d Hegseth said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey call it CSAR 25:17, which I think is meant to reflect Ezekiel 25:17.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo the prayer is CSAR 25:17 and it reads, and pray with me please, \u2018The path of the downed aviator is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men,\u201d the defense secretary continued (as seen in the video below).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBlessed is he who in the name of camaraderie and duty shepherds the lost through the valley of darkness, for he is truly his brother\u2019s keeper and the finder of lost children. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to capture and destroy my brother, and you will know my call sign is Sandy 1 when I lay my vengeance upon thee. Amen.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Faith in the Military: SECWAR\u2019s Pete Hegseth Leads Pentagon Prayer Service\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ih3Ld_F5htY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>It might not be as unexpected as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2026\/04\/donald-trump-new-ai-jesus-image\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Donald Trump\u2019s numerous AI Jesus posts<\/a>, but the situation has a lot of peopple scratching their heads.<\/p>\n<p>In the King James translation of the Bible, Ezekiel 25:17 reads simply:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd 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.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, the version that Jules Winfield hisses before he unloads on Big Brain Brad goes like this:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cBlessed is he who, in the name of charity and goodwill, shepherds the weak through the valley of darkness, for he is truly his brother\u2019s keeper and the finder of lost children. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd 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.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In typical Tarantino fashion, the quote is cribbed from a 1970s Japanese martial arts movie titled <em>Bodyguard Kiba.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>So Hegseth was working with a copy of a copy that had apparently been repurposed by members of the Air Force.<\/p>\n<p>They might not believe in climate change, but this administration sure likes recycling.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2026\/04\/pete-hegseth-quotes-fake-bible-verse-from-pulp-fiction-at-pentagon-prayer-service\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading Time: 2 minutes If you\u2019re a fan of the 1994 film classic Pulp Fiction, then you\u2019ll likely remember the scene in which Samuel L. Jackson recites Ezekiel 25:17 before emptying his clip into the dudes who wound up with his boss\u2019 briefcase. And apparently, the ultimate high-powered hitman Pete Hegseth found the chapter and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":234901,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-234899","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234899","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=234899"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234899\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/234901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=234899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=234899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=234899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}