4714. 'And bring back word to me' means knowledge. This is clear from the meaning of 'bringing back word' as describing what the situation was, and so means knowledge.

'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)