7
They replied, "If you want to serve this people well, give a favorable answer to their request, and they will always serve you loyally."
8
But he ignored the advice of the older men and went instead to the young men who had grown up with him and who were now his advisers.
9
"What do you advise me to do?" he asked. "What shall I say to the people who are asking me to make their burdens lighter?"
10
They replied, "This is what you should tell them: "My little finger is thicker than my father's waist!'
11
Tell them, "My father placed heavy burdens on you; I will make them even heavier. He beat you with whips; I'll flog you with bullwhips!' "