Because this is what they and their forefathers had done ‘ in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, when they used to be satisfied with bread and to be well off, and they did not see any calamity at all. ’
כי כך עשו הם ואבותיהם ’ בערי יהודה ובחוצות ירושלים ושבעו לחם והיו טובים ורעה לא ראו ’ (‏ ירמיהו מ ” ד: 16, 17‏).