Interest in Pulp Fiction increased after Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth read Ezekiel 25:17 from the film, a fictional Bible verse performed by Samuel L. Jackson.
The scene, shot in an apartment, arrived early in the iconic black comedy crime film, as Jules Winnfield – a hitman played by the actor – delivered the monologue in chilling fashion.
“Truly he is his brother’s keeper and the finder of lost children. And I will strike upon you with great vengeance and wrath those who seek to poison and destroy my brothers. And you will know that my name is the Lord when I lay down my vengeance upon you,” he read before shooting the actor on the screen in front of him.
Although the speech in Ezekiel 25:17 was fake, the fear was real, so much so that you could cut it with a knife.
But for Jackson, his favorite lines weren’t his terrifying verses; instead, it was a small part of what transpired in the interrogation scene.
‘My favorite line from Pulp Fiction is: “What country are you from?” What? ‘What’ isn’t a country I’ve ever heard of. They speak English in “What?” “I love that little segment,” he previously told GQ.
Pete Hegesth read the fake Pulp Fiction Ezekiel 25:17.
Back to the drama that unfolded after Hegesth told a service on Wednesday how American special forces had rescued the downed pilot in Iran.
According to A Public Witness, he shared the fiery details, claiming to have related a prayer said at the beginning of the mission and urging his audience to join him.
But what Hegesth read was not Ezekiel 25:17 from the Bible, but a fake verse that Pulp Fiction director Quentin Tarantino had previously shared, taken from Bodyguard Kiba, a Japanese film from the 1970s.
