'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)

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The prophet Joel scolds the Israelites after a devastating locust swarm destroys their crops and vegetation. What does this mean for us? Symbolically, locusts are the ways of the world that we allow to chew and destroy spiritual teachings, leaving us spiritually barren. Watch out for locusts!

(Odkazy: Arcana Coelestia 7643; Joel 1:2-12)