And when the people heard this evil word, they mourned, and no one put on his ornaments.

So all the people broke off the golden earrings which were in their ears, and brought them to Aaron.

Your own evil shall correct you, and your backslidings shall reprove you. Therefore know and see that it is an evil and bitter thing that you have forsaken Jehovah your God, and that My fear is not in you, says the Lord Jehovah of Hosts.