Nearby some shepherds were spending the night out in the fields, keeping watch over their flocks.
As I live, declares the Lord God, because my sheep didn't have a shepherd and were preyed on by all the wild animals for food, and because my shepherds didn't look after my sheep but instead only fed themselves,
She gave birth to her firstborn son. She wrapped him up in strips of cloth and laid him in a manger because the inn had no rooms left.
An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone all around them. They were scared out of their wits!