Zechariah 11:14

Then I cut asunder, &c.— From the time that the people returned from Babylon, the Jews and Israelites had formed one society both of religion and polity, which society continued till the last destruction of Jerusalem, when, the Jewish kingdom being subverted, the bands were broken, and a disunion in religion was made; some of the Jews continuing attached to their ancient law as much as they could without the temple, and others professing the Christian faith. See Houbigant. Israel, says Calmet, denotes the unbelieving Jews, who rejected our Saviour; and Judah, the faithful ones who believed in him.