Earrings of gold signify a wise reprover upon an obedient ear here
Prov 25:12 As
an earring of gold,
and an ornament of fine gold,
so is a wise reprover upon an
obedient ear.
All the people broke these off as is signified here
Exd 32:3 And all the people
brake off the golden earrings which
were in their ears,
and brought
them unto Aaron.
Then Aaron made a golden calf. The picture could just be a figure of turning away from what they were commanded and just being stiffnecked andd having
uncircumcised ears
Acts 7:51 Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears |
Exodus 32:6 is touched upon in 1 Cr 10:7
1 Cr 10:7
Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written,
The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.
In the literal sense of things its not encouraged
1 Peter 3:3
Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair,
and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel