זכריה יא:ז פירוש: רש״י

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.

indeed, the poor of the flock Indeed, they were the poor of the flock when I began to tend them.

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.