Where the birds make their nests: [as for] the stork, the fir trees [are] her house.
Ver. 17. Where the birds make their nests] Each, according to their natural instinct, with wonderful art.
As for the stork] That Pietaticultrix, as Petronius calleth her (and her name in Hebrew soundeth as much), because she nourisheth and cherisheth the old ones whereof she came; whence αντιπελαργειν, Genetricum senectam invicem educant (Plin.). Ciconiis pietas eximia inest (Solin.).