'Wilderness' signifies something with little life in it, as described in the internal sense in Luke 1:80 'Wilderness' signifies somewhere there is no good because there is no truth. 'Wilderness,' as in Jeremiah 23:10, signifies the Word when it is adulterated.

(Odkazy: Arcana Coelestia 1927)

'A bruised reed shall he not break and the smoking flax shall he not quench,' as in Isaiah 42:3, signifies that the Lord does not break fallacies or quench lust, but inclines them to truth and good. 'A bruised reed' signifies feeble power or ability.

(Odkazy: Apocalypse Revealed 285, 904)