## A declaration ##

"This is what Yahweh declares" or "This is Yahweh's message"

## about the valley of vision ##

AT: "about those who live in the valley of vision" or "about those who live in Jerusalem" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])

## What is the reason that you all have gone up to the housetops? ##

Isaiah uses a question to scold the people of Judah. AT: "You should not go and stand on the tops of your houses." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])

## a town full of revelry ##

"a town full of people celebrating"

## your dead were not killed with the sword ##

AT: "enemy soldiers did not kill your people" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])