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I understand that. But in one instance Christ defends Bozrah from opposition by Edom and the AntiChrist, on the other hand He fights against Edom. It's a little like saying Jesus defends California but fights against the host nation, the USA. But it's conceivable.
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After your earlier post which touched upon the cruelty of Edom I was motivated to do some further research. You might enjoy this excerpt from John Gill thru BibleHub

For thy violence against thy brother Jacob,.... Which is aggravated: by being against Jacob, an honest plain hearted man, and whom the Lord loved; his brother, his own brother, a twin brother, yea, his only brother; yet this is to be understood, not so much of the violence of Esau against Jacob personally, though there is an allusion to that; as of the violence of the posterity of the one against the posterity of the other; and not singly of the violence shown at the destruction of Jerusalem, but in general of the anger they bore, the wrath they showed, and the injuries they did to their brethren the Jews, on all occasions, whenever they had an opportunity, of which the following is a notorious instance; and for which more especially, as well as for the above things, they are threatened with ruin:

Thanks bro for the excellent questions, I do not see The LORD defending Bozrah, as Jeremiah and Isaiah tell us, Instead He defends those trapped in the Bozrah, Enclosure, Sheepfold)
“For I have sworn by myself, saith the LORD, that Bozrah shall become a desolation, a reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all the cities thereof shall be perpetual wastes.” Jeremiah 49

Isaiah 34. “I swear by myself”, declares the Lord, “that Bozrah will become a ruin and a curse, an object of horror and reproach; and all its towns will be in ruin forever”.

Thanks bro for the excellent questions, I do not see The LORD defending Bozrah, as Jeremiah and Isaiah tell us, Instead He defends those trapped in the Bozrah, Enclosure, Sheepfold)
“For I have sworn by myself, saith the LORD, that Bozrah shall become a desolation, a reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all the cities thereof shall be perpetual wastes.” Jeremiah 49

Isaiah 34. “I swear by myself”, declares the Lord, “that Bozrah will become a ruin and a curse, an object of horror and reproach; and all its towns will be in ruin forever”.