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Ezechiel 36:2

Thus saith the Lord God: Because the enemy hath said of you: Aha, the everlasting heights are given to us for an inheritance.

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The verse in its languages

Vulgate (Clementine)
Hæc dicit Dominus Deus : Eo quod dixerit inimicus de vobis : Euge, altitudines sempiternæ in hæreditatem datæ sunt nobis :
Septuagint (Swete)
Τάδε λέγει κύριος Κύριος Ἀνθ᾽ οὗ εἶπεν ὁ ἐχθρὸς ἐφ᾽ ὑμᾶς Εὖγε, ἔρημα αἰώνια εἰς κατάσχεσιν ἡμῖν ἐγενήθη·
Hebrew (WLC)
כֹּ֤ה אָמַר֙ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֔ה יַ֣עַן אָמַ֧ר הָאוֹיֵ֛ב עֲלֵיכֶ֖ם הֶאָ֑ח וּבָמ֣וֹת עוֹלָ֔ם לְמֽוֹרָשָׁ֖ה הָ֥יְתָה לָּֽנוּ

Haydock's commentary

Heights. Septuagint, "deserts." The mountains are often styled eternal, as being the best symbols of durability, Deuteronomy xxxiii. 15.

From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.