'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.

(Референци: Arcana Coelestia 1927)

In Genesis 11:6, this signifies that unless their state is changed nothing which they think of doing will be prohibited. (Arcana Coelestia 1318)

In Psalm 76:10, this signifies that the Lord will bring about a judgment in which the good will be saved. (The Inner Meaning of the Prophets and Psalms 326)

In Genesis 16:2, this signifies the state before the Lord's Divine Rational Man (represented by Isaac) emerged. (Arcana Coelestia 1899)