'To be avenged seventy and seven fold' denotes damnation.

In Genesis 4:15, vengeance signifies a sacrilege, and condemnation for it. (Arcana Coelestia 392)

In Deuteronomy 32:35, this signifies the genuine truth that the Lord is love and mercy itself. (Doctrine Regarding Sacred Scripture 94)

In Psalm 94:1, this signifies judgment on the Jews because they had destroyed the church. (The Inner Meaning of the Prophets and Psalms 344)

In Psalm 99:8, this signifies that the Lord is the Redeemer although it appears that He punishes. (The Inner Meaning of the Prophets and Psalms 349; Doctrine Regarding Sacred Scripture 94)

In Isaiah 59:17, this signifies the truths by which the Lord fought with the hells. (Apocalypse Explained 395[13])

In Isaiah 34:8, this signifies the Last Judgment and the condemnation of people who, by falsities and evils, have destroyed the truths of the church. (Apocalypse Explained 850[16])

(Odkazy: Arcana Coelestia 432-444, Genesis 4:24)

717. From these considerations it is also clear that the subject is things belonging to man's will, or the good and holy things in him which are attributes of the will. In this verse it is said that he was to take sevens of each clean beast, and in the next verse of each bird similarly. But in verses 19-20, of the previous chapter it is not said that he was to take sevens but two of each, that is, pairs of them, because there the subject was things belonging to the understanding, which in themselves are not holy but are made so by the love which constitutes the will.