be measured

to not find, to fail, come to nothing

wandering

to hang, to kill, to strangulate

deal sternly with, take (someone) by the scruff

walk about idly, coming and going back soon

Metaphorically: the punishment of the Christians is that the sinners are sent to the western river to continue watering measurement for a certain period of time

to measure the road', to wander idly about, to saunter, to pay a short (or a doctor's) visit