פירוש על זכריה 11:7

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.

one I called Pleasantness Jeroboam promised to lead them gently.

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.