“God’s whip” or “the Scourge of God” refers to a historical figure, Attila the Hun, seen by Romans as a divine instrument of punishment, and is also the title of a 2012 self-help book by Dennis R. Grubbs and an industrial hardcore music album by Malke & Tooms. The phrase “God’s whip” can also metaphorically refer to a source of great suffering or, in a biblical context, the whip Jesus used to cleanse the temple.Â