'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.

(References: Arcana Coelestia 1927)

'Spreading the bones before the sun,' as in Jeremiah 8:1, signifies the hellish things possessed by self-loving people.

(References: Arcana Coelestia 2441)