'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.

(Referências: Arcana Coelestia 1927)

The gall of asps signifies the enormous falsity which exists from falsified truths of the Word.

(Referências: Apocalypse Explained 433)