Commentaire sur Zacharie 11:7
וָֽאֶרְעֶה֙ אֶת־צֹ֣אן הַֽהֲרֵגָ֔ה לָכֵ֖ן עֲנִיֵּ֣י הַצֹּ֑אן וָאֶקַּֽח־לִ֞י שְׁנֵ֣י מַקְל֗וֹת לְאַחַ֞ד קָרָ֤אתִי נֹ֙עַם֙ וּלְאַחַד֙ קָרָ֣אתִי חֹֽבְלִ֔ים וָאֶרְעֶ֖ה אֶת־הַצֹּֽאן׃
Je menai donc paître ces brebis destinées à la boucherie, à savoir les plus faibles du troupeau; et je me munis de deux bâtons, dont j’appelai l’un "Bienveillance" et l’autre "Liens". Tandis que je faisais paître les brebis,
Rashi on Zechariah
And I tended the flock of slaughter All these are the words of the Holy One, blessed be He, to the prophet: And I tended them in the early days.
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Rashi on Zechariah
indeed, the poor of the flock Indeed, they were the poor of the flock when I began to tend them.
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Rashi on Zechariah
and I took for Myself two staffs At the end of a period of time, I divided them into two kingdoms because of their iniquity.
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Rashi on Zechariah
one I called Pleasantness Jeroboam promised to lead them gently.
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Rashi on Zechariah
and one I called Destoyers Rehoboam told [his kingdom] that he would flog them with scorpions (I Kings 12:11). [Zechariah] calls their rulers staffs because it is customary to lead flocks with staffs.
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