“Hollow Words”
We come now to the chapter in the Chumash (Bible) where Pharaoh of Egypt, (the new king who forgot all that Joseph had done to save Egypt from famine and immensely enriched Pharaoh's treasury), told his servants (courtiers) that the Israelites had become too numerous, powerful and a threat to his throne. (Same "line" used throughout history)

So he used "glib talk" and convinced the Israelites to "build cities for themselves". They "took the bait". The "glib talk" ended in about 210 years of harsh servitude until G-d sent Moses to lead us and begin our 40 year trek to the Promised Land.