Speaking at the Pentagon, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth cited what he presented as a biblical passage—one that is, in fact, a fictional quote from Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction.
The canonical text of Ezekiel 25:17 reads differently: "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."
In Tarantino's film, Samuel L. Jackson's character Jules delivers an extended, artistically embellished monologue before carrying out a killing—and it was precisely this speech that Hegseth recited:
"The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the iniquities 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."