He repaid him according to his deeds, he repaid him measure for measure
Reward him for his deeds. Repay him in equal measure. Do good or evil to him in accordance with his behavior (reward means an action done in return for a previous action).
("And you, in your great mercy, have broken his counsel and frustrated his counsel, and have returned his crown to his head, and have hanged him and his sons on a tree" - the prayer "on miracles" for the fruit, and so: "This is the measure that no man can escape from the judgment of the Holy One, the Blessed One, who will not measure out to him according to his measure" - in the desert of Rava (Vilna), Parashah Nisha Parasha Yad, and Ken: "The victorious return of the great man returned to them...and even Mordecai the son of Hillel the priest returned to them according to their measure" - Agnon/ Tamol Shilshom, 100)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
הֵשִׁיב לוֹ כִּגְמוּלוֹ, הֵשִׁיב לוֹ כְּמִידָּתוֹ
Definition (Hebrew)
גָּמָל לוֹ עַל מַעֲשָׂיו. הֵשִׁיב לוֹ בְּאוֹתָהּ הַמִּדָּה. עָשָׂה לוֹ טוֹבָה אוֹ רָעָה בְּהֶתְאֵם לְהִתְנַהֲגוּתוֹ (גְּמוּל מַשְׁמָע מַעֲשֶׂה שֶׁנַּעֲשָׂה בִּתְמוּרָה לְמַעֲשֶׂה קוֹדֵם).
("וְאַתָּה בְּרַחֲמֶיךָ הָרַבִּים הַפְּרָת אֶת עֲצָתוֹ וְקִלְקַלְתָּ אֶת מַחֲשַׁבְתּוֹ, וַהֲשֵׁבוֹתָ לּוֹ גְּמוּלוֹ בְּרֹאשׁוֹ, וְתָלוּ אֹתוֹ וְאֶת בָּנָיו עַל הָעֵץ"- תְּפִלַּת "עַל הַנִּסִּים" לְפוּרִים, וְכֵן:"הָא לָמַדְתָּ שֶׁאֵין אָדָם יָכוֹל לְהִנָּצֵל מִדִּינוֹ שֶׁל הקב"ה שֶׁלֹּא יִמְדֹּד לוֹ כְּמִדָּתוֹ"- בְּמִדְבַּר רַבָּה (וִילְנָא) פָּרָשַׁת נָשָׂא פָּרָשָׁה יָד, וְכֵן:"תְּשׁוּבָה נִצַּחַת כְּבָר הֵשִׁיב לָהֶם...וְאַף מָרְדְּכַי בֶּן הִלֵּל הַכֹּהֵן הֵשִׁיב לָהֶם כְּמִדָּתָם"-עַגְנוֹן/ תְּמוֹל שִׁלְשׁוֹם, 100)