We have heard of the pride of Moab; he is very proud: even of his haughtiness, and his pride, and his wrath: but his lies shall not be so.
Reply of Judah to Moab's entreaty.
We Jews - have heard of the pride of Moab - We reject Moab's supplication, for his pride, but his lies - false boasts - "shall not be so" (Hebrew lo keen) - shall not be ratified (Zephaniah 2:8-9); shall prove vain (Isaiah 25:10; Jeremiah 48:29-30). 'It shall not be so: his lies shall not so effect it.'