Joshua 10:25
To many Protestant and Evangelical Italians, the Bibles translated by Giovanni Diodati are an important part of their history. Diodati’s first Italian Bible edition was printed in 1607, and his second in 1641. He died in 1649. Throughout the 1800s two editions of Diodati’s text were printed by the British Foreign Bible Society. This is the more recent 1894 edition, translated by Claudiana.
Revenge
'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])
(Reference: Arcana Coelestia 432-444, Genesis 4:24)
Arcana Coelestia #432
432. Verse 24 For sevenfold will Cain be avenged, and Lamech seventy-sevenfold.
This means that men annihilated the faith meant by 'Cain', which it was utterly forbidden to violate; that at the same time they annihilated charity, which born by means of faith, something even more inviolable; and that on account of this, condemnation followed, which is 'being avenged seventy-sevenfold'.
