The Cambridge Dictionary defines "breach" as "an act of breaking a law, promise, agreement, or relationship."
Read the Scriptures below:
Lamentation 2:13
"What thing shall I take to witness for thee? What thing shall I liken to you, O daughter of Jerusalem? what shall I equal to thee, that I may comfort thee, o virgin daughter of Zion? for thy breach is great like the sea; who can heal you?
"Thy prophets have seen vain and foolish things for thee; and they have not discovered thine iniquity, to turn away thy captivity, but have seen for thee false burdens and causes of banishment."
What has the virgin daughter of Zion, the present Christian generation, gotten in the world of sin? The Lord is her portion, how has she forgotten this?
What pleasures surpass those of communion with the Lord? What has led to her breaching the law between her and her God? What has gotten into the heart of the present-day Christian? How has the church become so ignorant of her state? One thing is sure: the Lord will go to any extent, out of love, in a bid to bring back his people. To subvert the cause of his people is never his plan, but why should nothing be done to a generation plagued with continuous disobedience and slighting of the Spirit of God?
If God can do anything, He will bring more suffering, so that it may turn our eyes to him for salvation again.
The succeeding verse gives a cure, it says, "Let tears run down like a river day and night, give thyself no rest; let not the apple of thine eye cease.
Are we not tired of being afflicted? Our nation has gone through many years of mismanaged leadership and hardship for the masses. The survival of the fittest is what prevails, and no help seems to be near. We only have one Savior, Christ, who saves us from every form of yoke and evil. Should we not turn to him?
The prophets who divine falsely and cannot see through the lives of men will need to prepare for a greater affliction because they cannot warn the people put under their care.
Weep! Lay bare and sincere before the Lord. Repair the broken breach, and get back to fulfilling God's law and covenant. Get back to making God your priority, and He will come right to save you where you need it. If we fail to do so, affliction may need to persist.
Shalom.