'Measure' in the Bible
Wail, you gate! Cry out, you city! Melt away, all you Philistines! For smoke comes from the north, and there's no one to take measure in its festivals.
Measure by measure, in their exile you contended with them; with his fierce blast he removed them, as on a day when the east wind blows.
Both of these things will overtake you suddenly on a single day: loss of children and widowhood. They will come upon you in full measure, despite the multitude of your incantations and the great power of your spells."
Don't be angry beyond measure, LORD, and don't remember our iniquity for a season. Please look now, we are all your people.
both your iniquities and your ancestors' iniquities together,'' says the LORD. "Because they offered incense on the mountains and insulted me on hills, I'll measure into their laps full payment for their earlier actions."