'Wilderness' in the Bible

Now in those days John the Baptist *came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea, saying,

For this is the one referred to by Isaiah the prophet when he said,“The voice of one crying in the wilderness,‘Make ready the way of the Lord,Make His paths straight!’”

Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.

As these men were going away, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John, “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind?

So if they say to you, ‘Behold, He is in the wilderness,’ do not go out, or, ‘Behold, He is in the inner rooms,’ do not believe them.