Some object to Ezekiel 29:15, arguing that Egypt has never been the 'basest' of nations, noting that in the 1820s Egypt conquered and ruled the Sudan.

However, Egypt was certainly humbled to a very great degree, and after Egypt returned from Babylon, it was quite low on the Near Eastern 'baseness' list. In regards to exalting itself, all the text is asserting is that Egypt would never again be a world power. Notice that it says it will not exalt itself over the nations (plural), not any nation. Conquering Sudan, a nation of poverty with its own problems, hardly violates this prophecy.

Of more relevance is that Egypt is not ruled by those who were native Egyptians. The true Egyptians, who are now called Copts, are a minority in that nation and have not been in charge of anything for centuries. The modern nation would not be recognized as 'Egypt' as known by the people of the Biblical time; they would see it as an entirely different nation.