This Nation needs to repent...period.
Quite true.
Obstacles to repentance also need to be cleared as much as possible. Some people underestimate God’s offer. They think they have to heap up good works before God, paying for their sins in some fashion, to be permitted to return. This completely misrepresents God’s bottomless graciousness. All they need to do is stop and embrace Him, this time for a promise of everlasting salvation. The only thing they have to lose is their worldly lives. They will gain the blessings of eternity even right here on earth.