'Wilderness' in the Bible

in the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John, the son of Zacharias, in the wilderness.

as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet,“The voice of one crying in the wilderness,‘Make ready the way of the Lord,Make His paths straight.

Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led around by the Spirit in the wilderness

But Jesus Himself would often slip away to the wilderness and pray.

When the messengers of John had left, He began to speak to the crowds about John, “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind?