'Wilderness' in the Bible

Therefore, I am going to persuade her,lead her to the wilderness,and speak tenderly to her.

I discovered Israellike grapes in the wilderness.I saw your fatherslike the first fruit of the fig tree in its first season.But they went to Baal-peor,consecrated themselves to Shame,and became detestable,like the thing they loved.

I knew you in the wilderness,in the land of drought.