Woe to them! For they have wandered from me. Destruction to them! For they have trespassed against me. Though I would redeem them, Yet they have spoken lies against me.
There is infinite pathos in the heart-cry of the Father over his wicked people.  The descendents of the patriarchs had reverted to paganism, denied the god of their fathers, and greedily walked in the drunken and licentious ways that led to God's removing the Canaanites and replacing them with Israel.  Historically, there was never any greater tragedy, except the same people's rejection of the Son of God as their Messiah.