According to the Catechism of the Catholic Church 2811, the failure of the Israelites is their constantly turning away from the Lord:
In spite of the holy Law that again and again their Holy God gives them - "You shall be holy, for I the LORD your God am holy" - and although the Lord shows patience for the sake of his name, the people turn away from the Holy One of Israel and profane his name among the nations. For this reason the just ones of the old covenant, the poor survivors returned from exile, and the prophets burned with passion for the name.
How many times like the Israelites we turn our face away from the Lord, every second of our lives is tempted to do it, it is in our human nature to go against God, but there is salvation, that only comes through the Lord Jesus Christ and his Church. The true God does not use prophets to tell his laws, but He Himself comes down in flesh to give us the true law, the good news of salvation, that it is only through him that we are sanctified, as the Catechism says in 2811:
Finally, in Jesus the name of the Holy God is revealed and given to us, in the flesh, as Savior, revealed by what he is, by his word, and by his sacrifice. This is the heart of his priestly prayer: "Holy Father . . . for their sake I consecrate myself, that they also may be consecrated in truth." Because he "sanctifies" his own name, Jesus reveals to us the name of the Father. At the end of Christ's Passover, the Father gives him the name that is above all names: "Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
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