'Wilderness' in the Bible

Who made the world like a wildernessAnd overthrew its cities,Who did not allow his prisoners to go home?’

Send the tribute lamb to the ruler of the land,From Sela by way of the wilderness to the mountain of the daughter of Zion.

The oracle concerning the wilderness of the sea.As windstorms in the Negev sweep on,It comes from the wilderness, from a terrifying land.

Until the Spirit is poured out upon us from on high,And the wilderness becomes a fertile field,And the fertile field is considered as a forest.

Then justice will dwell in the wildernessAnd righteousness will abide in the fertile field.

The wilderness and the desert will be glad,And the Arabah will rejoice and blossom;Like the crocus

Then the lame will leap like a deer,And the tongue of the mute will shout for joy.For waters will break forth in the wildernessAnd streams in the Arabah.

A voice is calling,“Clear the way for the Lord in the wilderness;Make smooth in the desert a highway for our God.

“I will open rivers on the bare heightsAnd springs in the midst of the valleys;I will make the wilderness a pool of waterAnd the dry land fountains of water.

“I will put the cedar in the wilderness,The acacia and the myrtle and the olive tree;I will place the juniper in the desertTogether with the box tree and the cypress,

Let the wilderness and its cities lift up their voices,The settlements where Kedar inhabits.Let the inhabitants of Sela sing aloud,Let them shout for joy from the tops of the mountains.

“Behold, I will do something new,Now it will spring forth;Will you not be aware of it?I will even make a roadway in the wilderness,Rivers in the desert.

“The beasts of the field will glorify Me,The jackals and the ostriches,Because I have given waters in the wildernessAnd rivers in the desert,To give drink to My chosen people.

“Why was there no man when I came?When I called, why was there none to answer?Is My hand so short that it cannot ransom?Or have I no power to deliver?Behold, I dry up the sea with My rebuke,I make the rivers a wilderness;Their fish stink for lack of waterAnd die of thirst.

Indeed, the Lord will comfort Zion;He will comfort all her waste places.And her wilderness He will make like Eden,And her desert like the garden of the Lord;Joy and gladness will be found in her,Thanksgiving and sound of a melody.

Who led them through the depths?Like the horse in the wilderness, they did not stumble;

Your holy cities have become a wilderness,Zion has become a wilderness,Jerusalem a desolation.